Polar Star Inn is one of 16 10th Mountain Division Huts, located about 14 miles southeast of Eagle and 14 miles southwest of Vail. On Saturday, 16 of us climbed the 6 mile, 2000 foot trail to the hut, located just above 11,000 ft above sea level. Sunday was more of a down day - the skiers caught some turns above Polar Star Mine, and many snowshoers explored New York Mountain 1000 feet above the hut. As always, the food was excellent (and plentiful), the company terrific, and the entertainment quite amusing!
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Jay and Roy at the trailhead
Lisa tries to separate her skins
Photo by Shari Post
Departing the trailhead
Photo by Roy Donehower
The group heads off
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Tory
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Brian, Ryan, and Ling
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Jay along the trail
Photo by Jay Endres
Roy and Brian guard the trail
Rurik, looking splendid
Photo by Kathy Lubinski
Steve
Photo by Kathy Lubinski
Kathy and Rurik
Photo by Kathy Lubinski
Shaun takes a break
Photo by Jay Endres
Brian and Lisa
Photo by Kathy Lubinski
A fox along the side of the trail
Photo by Jay Endres
Rurik recovers
Photo by Lisa Davis
Shari catches up on some reading
...taking a picture of Brian and his camera
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
How many engineers does it take to light a pilot light?
Lisa
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Ryan
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Chicken Surprise!
Photo by Jay Endres
Making breakfast
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Tory and Steve prepare breakfast
mmmmm....breakfast
Photo by Shari Post
Rurik and Jay examine the 10th Mountain Division hut system
Elvis Cribbage
Photo by Jay Endres
Relaxing after breakfast
Photo by Jay Endres
Brian
Photo by Lisa Davis
Ling and Ryan
Photo by Shari Post
Shaun on New York Mountain
Photo by Jay Endres
Kathleen and Forrest
Photo by Jay Endres
Jay and Shaun on New York Mountain
Photo by Jay Endres
Roy and Shaun consult a map
Photo by Jay Endres
Lonny
Photo by Shari Post
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Steve drops in with some tele turns
Steve
Photo by Lisa Davis
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Brian takes his turn down the mine tailings pile
Brian grabs some turns on Polar Star Mine
Photo by Lisa Davis
An old cabin
Photo by Lisa Davis
The view from the Polar Star Mine
Photo by Lisa Davis
Roy and Brian catch a breath of fresh air on the porch
Lonny sets up a great MacGyver snow tripod
Photo by Shari Post
...to get this photo
Ling, Ryan, Shari, and Lonny on New York Mountain
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Shaun attempts to match the pose of the SI swimsuit poster girl...
Photo by Kathy Lubinski
New York Mountain
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Shari, Ling, and Ryan on New York Mountain
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Kathy playing angry cards
A little hut euchre
Photo by Kathy Lubinski
Shaun filtering out pine needles through a coffee filter (for our dinner water)
Tory and Steve after their Sunday outing
Rurik vs. Bread Loaf
Photo by Kathy Lubinski
Lonny and Shari performing some form of surgery
Photo by Kathy Lubinski
Steve and Brian
Photo by Kathy Lubinski
The gear drying
Photo by Jay Endres
Lounging around the fire
Photo by Jay Endres
Lonny shares his light reading
The previous hut occupants left a SI Swimsuit issue and Cosmo for us to read...it provided much entertainment
Photo by Jay Endres
Brian sets up the group photo
Photo by Jay Endres
The Polar Star Inn group
Clockwise from left: Shaun, Jay, Lonny, Brian, Steve, Tory, Forrest, Ryan, Rurik, Kathy, Lisa, Shari, Roy, Ling, Brian, Kathleen
A last look at the hut
Photo by Jay Endres
Steve saddles up for the ski out
Photo by Shari Post
The departure party
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Brian
Photo by Lisa Davis
Steve drops into a meadow
Hiking out
Photo by Kathy Lubinski
Steve, Brian, and Lisa skin up
Photo by Shari Post
Brian skis by...
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Lisa skis by...
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
...and Steve skis by
Photo by Lonny Jacobson
Descending down to Yeoman Park trailhead
Lonny
Photo by Lisa Davis
Shari reaches the trailhead
Kathy and Rurik
Photo by Kathy Lubinski
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